Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Netherlands Antilles

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0100~

Italica - Spain

0200-0300

Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain

0300-0400

Sevilla (AD) - Spain

Regarding the Windward Islands part of the Netherlands Antilles:

1511

Santo Domingo (erected from Spain: Sevilla) - Puerto Rico

1531

Coro (detached from Santo Domingo) - (New Granada) Venezuela

1637

Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (See transferred from Coro and renamed) - (New Granada) Venezuela

Regarding the Leeward Islands part of the Netherlands Antilles:

1511

Puerto Rico (erected from Spain: Sevilla) - Puerto Rico

1790

Santo Tomás de Guayana (detached from Puerto Rico) - (New Granada) Venezuela

1818

Trinidad (AV, detached from Santo Tomás de Guayana) - Trinidad and Tobago

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1715

Curaçao (AP, detached from Caracas, and "de facto" from Puerto Rico) - Netherlands Antilles

1842

Curaçao (AV) - Netherlands Antilles

1958

Willemstad (D, and new name, previously Curaçao AV) - Netherlands Antilles